Luminati Suns have gone from putting their own spin on a viral track to officially teaming up with its creator. The young alt-pop trio have joined forces with Marino for I’m Sorry Mom, after their version of the track exploded online, racking up more than 100 million views across social platforms in less than 72 hours. What started as a cover quickly became something much bigger. Luminati Suns' take caught Marino's attention, leading to the brothers joining forces with him fo

Manchester alt/rock four-piece SerpentS are back with a new single, and Midnight Murderess isn't exactly interested in playing nice. Built around lively guitars, playful harmonies and a hefty dose of 2000s nostalgia, the track finds the band mixing glossy pop-rock instincts with a sharper modern edge. The result is a confident, mischievous anthem that knows exactly what it's doing. The band describe it as a “fun, glamorous hype song” with a deliberately unserious streak — sed

Boomtown went big on the reset button this year. The Hampshire festival brought 77,000 people to Matterley Estate for its 17th edition, tearing up its usual layout for Chapter Five: Radical Redesign — and bringing back one of its most missed stages in the process. The Lion’s Den returned to Temple Valley for the first time in a decade, while a new 20,000-capacity electronic stage, HYDRO XL, became the centrepiece of the festival’s push towards alternative energy. And then the

After a two-year hiatus, Dutch art-rock provocateurs De Staat are back — and they’re pointing their latest single straight at the people at the top. “THE UNDERDOG” is the fourth track to emerge from the band’s forthcoming seventh album, DE STAAT, due 18 September via V2 Records. Driven by warped organ, a huge bass-heavy finale and Torre Florim’s unusually exposed falsetto, it’s one of the record’s strangest and most confrontational moments yet. And the timing feels deliberate